Combustion:JosephFinn: And now, back to Detroit for Big Boy Baseball and modern rules.

Designated Hitter is the greatest thing in ALL of sports. Why would I pay money and spend my time to watch someone hit .071?

Oh right, it's "strategy."

Well, for one thing, because it's possible that the pitcher is the guy who gets the clutch base hit to drive in the run that knocks the "oh he can't possibly lose because he's the reigning Cy Young winner and MVP and he's the best who's ever played the game and his opponents might as well just forfeit before the game even starts" pitcher out of the game. Not that that ever really would happen, or anything, I guess, but--oh, wait . . .

But yeah, you're right, it's much better to see a game with certain fielders who never hit and certain hitters who never field. (And what an absolutely amazing throw that Delmon Young, their DH playing LF, made on the hit pictured above--it really has to be seen to be believed, to fully appreciate the majesty and atleticism of the Tigers' DH.) While we're at it, why don't we move all the outfield walls in to about 250 feet in dead center, so we can have even more offensive "excitement" and "big boy baseball"?